David fox



.D. FOX.. Winter Gap.

(ModeL) Patent ed Apri| 5,188l

Il-FUERS, PHOTO-LITHOGRAPHER. WASHINGTON. 0 CV UNITED STATES PATENT Germs.

DAVID FOX, on NEW YORK, N. Y.

WINTER CAP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 239,757, dated April 5, 1881.

Application filed January 5, 1881. (ModeL) T all whom it may concern Be it known that 1, DAVID FOX, of the city, county, and Stateof New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Winter (laps; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full. clear, and exact description of the same, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings making part of this specification.

This invention is in the nature of an improvement in caps, and theinveution consists in a cap constructed witha cape or ear and Figure 1 represents a perspective view of my cap with the protector raised; Fig. 2, a perspective view of same with protector pulled down; Figs. 3 and-4, detail front and edge views of forward ends of protector or cape, showing method of uniting same by elastic strip; Fig. 5, plan view of protector-strip; and Fig. 6, perspective view of my cap with modified form of ears for cape.

Similarletters of reference indicate like parts in several figures.

As is well known, caps for winter wear are generally constructed with capes or protectors which may be drawn down below the capbody for the purpose of covering the ears and neck of the wearer in cold weather, and a variety of such caps have heretofore been made and used, some of which being provided with protectors which swing and slide on pivots and an intermediate lining of muslin; others with protectors which turn over and down, covering the ears and neck, and still others in which the protector folds down and upon the capbody, each of these being more or less objectionablc. The present invention is intended as an improvement on them, more particularly of that class of cap whose protector folds up and down on the cap-body.

To that end I construct my cap-body A of any suitable shape and size, and of any suitable material, and with'or without a visor. To the rear part of this cap-body and some distance upfrom its lower edge (see Figs. 1 and 2) is secured the upper edge of a cape or protector, B, the protector thence continuing with and atits rear part, are secured ears D. These ears may be so attached as to be entirely concealed when the protector is drawn up, if desired, or otherwise.

Now, my cap, constructed substantially as described above, is operated as follows: The

cap being upon the head of the wearer, with the protector up and encircling the body of the cap, as'shown in Figs. 1 and 6, it remains in position by reason of its close contact with the cap-body, presenting an ornamental appearance.

When it is desired to use the cape or protector for the purpose of protecting the ears and neck of the wearer, the protector, by its lower edge, 12, is drawn downward until it snugly and fully covers the ears of the wearer and his neck. (See Fig. 2.) As the protector is drawn down (if the cap is provided with a visor) the elastic strip 0 permits the protector at its ends to spread apart, and thereby allow the protector at its sides to come well down over the ears of the wearer, or, if desired, the

ends of the protector or its elastic fastening 0 will yield sufficiently, so as to, permit the ends of the protector being drawn down and over 0 the visor and onto the face of the wearer. This adjustment of the protector, whether entirely over the visor or otherwise, insures the protection of the front part of the wearers ears, by

allowing the sides of the protector to fall sufli- 5 ciently down for that purpose, the movement of the protector being more of the vertical'upand-down movement than that of a swinging one, as in the case of pivotal buttons or similar attachmentto sides or ends of the protector. 1 00 The protector being drawn downward, as just described, it is restored to its position of en circling the cap by the ears D, which, being located at or near the fold a of the protector, enables the wearer, by pulling the same upward, to fold the protector up on the cap-body, as is shown in Figs. 1 and 6.

By attaching the upper edge of the protector to the cap-body some little distance from its lower edge not only is a saving of material effected .in the width of the protector, but less material is required to fold up when the protector is adjusted upward. Therefore the protector can the more readily be adjusted than would be the case if the protector were attached to the lower edge of the cap-body. Still another advantage is derived by uniting the front ends of the protector by an elastic fastening, which is that the cape or protector will yield, and therefore not bind the head of the wearer uncomfortably, as is the case with caps having protectors otherwise united.

The sole purpose of the ears D hereinbefore described is that of handles located at proper places on the protector, which the wearer can grasp and therewith fold up the protector when not in use around the body of the cap.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A cap with foldin gear and neck protector secured at its upper edge to the rear portion of the cap and above the lower edge of the cap-body, the front ends of the protector being united to each other by an elastic strip, substantially as described.

2. In a cap with afoldin g ear and neck protector, ears D, fastened to the rear part of the protector, at or near its place of folding, whereby the protector may be folded up and around thebody of the cap, as shown and described.

DAVID FOX.

Witnesses:

H. L. WATTENBERG, G. M. PLYMPTON. 

